The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Sacred statues without hair and clothes
I was in Lisbon in August of this year and made an interesting discovery… This year, I was walking up a steep hill in Lisbon to visit the medieval cathedral. This austere fortress-like edifice was built after the city was…
Read MoreWinter is coming! But it’s a Templar winter, not a Targaryan one!
Winter is coming – but courtesy of the History Channel, it will be a Templar winter. Forget the dragons and white walkers, give me the Knights Templar any day of the week. Here is the trailer for the series you…
Read MoreHow was Easter celebrated when the Knights Templar were around?
The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus was central to Christian belief. This was the idea that God had taken human form, had performed miracles and given sermons while alive and then had sacrificed himself to the most degrading form of…
Read MoreWhat were the Templars up to in their first decade of existence?
According to the contemporary chronicler William of Tyre, nine “noble men of knightly rank” from the Champagne region of France founded the Templar order in the year 1118. So what they do in their first ten years? Well, the answer…
Read MoreWere the Knights Templar secretly part of the Cathar heresy?
The Knights Templar were accused of rejecting the divinity of Christ, spitting on the crucifix, not believing the church sacraments and conducting their own masses without a properly consecrated priest. They emerged in France in the 12th century at the…
Read MoreWhat exactly were the Templars accused of?
Philip the Fair issued orders to arrest every Templar knight but what exactly were the charges and why did he take such action?
Read MoreISIS destroys the birthplace of Saladin
ISIS destroyed Tikrit the birthplace of Saladin who fought the Knights Templar during the crusades
Read MoreHow the Nazis damaged a Templar Knight
During the Second World War a German bomb severely damaged the Templar church in London chipping the tombs of Templars
Read MoreMount Nebo – where Moses died – and possible location of the Ark of the Covenant
My visit to Mount Nebo in 2013 where Moses reputedly died and the Ark of the Covenant is buried
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